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Ezekiel 17:13-15
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13 He took one from the royal family,[a] made a treaty with him, and put him under oath.[b] He then took the leaders of the land 14 so it would be a lowly kingdom that could not rise on its own but had to keep its treaty with him in order to stand. 15 But this one from Israel’s royal family[c] rebelled against the king of Babylon[d] by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:13 tn Or “descendants”; Heb “seed” (cf. v. 5).
  2. Ezekiel 17:13 tn Heb “caused him to enter into an oath.”
  3. Ezekiel 17:15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Ezekiel 17:15 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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